The Blockchain Bash on November 2nd in Santa Monica is a collaborative conference designed to stimulate industry growth in Los Angeles. This is the first hands-on conference for blockchain in the community that is suitable for newbies and experts alike.

About Blockchain Bash

This Innovation Jam is a 1.5 day event where industry, experts, researchers, innovators, and venture capital come together for workshops, presentations, interactive experiences, and community engagement. The Innovation Jam objective is not to share old/current information, but to catalyze the next wave of innovation.

Keynote

Intro to Blockchain

Workshops

Block Tank

Genius Bar

The Jam

Our keynote speaker is Hunter Prendergast - Hunter Prendergast is a former nuclear reactor operator, solar system designer, and computer engineer who has been working with blockchain technologies since 2015. Prior to co-founding MIMIR, he built secure hardware devices, developed automated trading algorithms, and researched alternative applications for the Ethereum blockchain.

Introduction to, and Applications of, Blockchain in partnership with Hussian College and Harrisburg University. This interactive session guides newcomers through the must-knows of blockchain and its different applications (no, it's not just bitcoin). Hussian College is launching one of the nation's first up-and-coming introductions to blockchain and will be sharing its content in this session.

We have designed the event to be a collaborative experience. This means that there will be workshops throughout the conference that will allow for you to get hands on experience with all things blockchain.

The last official event of the conference is a blockchain Shark Tank called “Block Tank” presented by Emerald Asset Management, where regional blockchain projects will give a 5 minute pitch. The Judges or “Blocks”, who have business, finance, law, or venture capital backgrounds, will then take the time to ask the participants questions about their idea, resources, abilities to deliver, etc before deciding whether or not they would be willing to invest in the participant's venture.
Want to participate? FIll out this form here.

Genius Bar with assorted talent from the region. This segment allows for participants to connect with various subject matter experts for 5-10 minutes.

Attendees will be placed in teams to ideate and collaborate on a new blockchain or tokenization concept or application. The team will complete a simple pitch deck for the concept. Each group will then present its concept to the conference. A signal event will occur to vote on the best idea and a winning team will be selected. This activity is designed to encourage lateral-learning and facilitate new relationships.

WORKSHOP

Starting and Running Your Own Crypto Fund/Company

In partnership with Pepper Hamilton, who has launched 3 crypto funds in the last six months and perform the accounting and auditing services for some of the largest players in the space, including Grayscale and Digital Currency Group

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

WORKSHOP

Build a DApp

In partnership with MIMIR Blockchain Solutions and presented by Hunter Prendergast. Hunter is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to the Ethereum blockchain and is largely viewed as an expert in the space.. By the end of this workshop participants will walk away having developed a simple decentralized application on the ethereum blockchain using MIMIR’s toolkit.

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

WORKSHOP

Jam

Attendees will be placed in teams to ideate and collaborate on a new blockchain or tokenization concept or application. The team will complete a simple pitch deck for the concept. Each group will then present its concept to the conference. A signal event will occur to vote on the best idea and a winning team will be selected. This activity is designed to encourage lateral-learning and facilitate new relationships.

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

WORKSHOP

Whitepaper 2.0

Whitepaper 2.0 with Jeff Stollman who has been designing blockchain solutions for clients for over three years and has four patents pending in the blockchain area. After a career of problem solving and IP generation for IBM, Jeff has applied his understanding of whitepapers to the nascent blockchain space. Participants will walk away with the key elements and format of a bulletproof whitepaper.

2:30PM - 3:15PM

WORKSHOP

Intro to Cryptocollectibles & Blockchain Gaming

Volta

Come learn about how crypto is being integrated into video games and digital art!

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

WORKSHOP

Blockchain Debate

Blockchain Debate in partnership with Andrew Bull from Titan Ventures, a Philly-based crypto VC. Andrew’s background as a prosecuting lawyer and crypto is built on understanding underlying principles and philosophies. This tournament style debate session will host micro-debates with community voting to select the winner.

COMPETITION

Blocktank

The last official event of the conference is a blockchain Shark Tank called “Block Tank” where regional blockchain projects will give a 5 minute pitch.The Judges or “Blocks”, who have business, finance, law, or venture capital backgrounds, will then take the time to ask the participants questions about their idea, resources, abilities to deliver, etc before deciding whether or not they would be willing to invest in the participant's venture.
Want to participate? Fill out the form here: http://bit.ly/bblocktank

3:15 - 4:00

Workshop

Launching a Light Contract

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Who It’s For

The mission of Blockchain Bash is to stimulate regional innovation and collaboration by bringing together stakeholders like coders, visionaries/entrepreneurs, and investors, as well as those watching from the sidelines, in an interactive event curriculum. While most conferences aim to share information through lectures and panels, the Blockchain Bash is built for innovators and doers to build relationships and learn by working side-by-side in workshops, competitions, and collaborative activities.

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The Blockchain Community

We believe in including everyone in our process! So, we have put together our Discord community to promote more efficient communication and have a public Trello board to keep you up to date with our planning and development of